He studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, under Gustave Moreau, Fernand Cormon and François Flameng.
In 1912, he moved to Tunis. He was named Director of the Institut Supérieur des Beaux-Arts de Tunis in 1927, a position he held until his death. Among his notable students there, one may mention Aly Ben Salem [fr], Yahia Turki, Geneviève Gavrel [fr], Abdelaziz Gorgi and Antonio Corpora.
He sent most of his works to be exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in Paris.
In 1932, he was named a Knight in the Legion of Honor.[1]
He was married to Eva Peyronnet, daughter of the sculptor, Émile Peyronnet (1872-1956), who was also from Angoulême.
